Shane Beamer

Shane Beamer is an American football coach and former player who is currently the head coach at the University of South Carolina. He is the son of long-time Virginia Tech head coach Frank Beamer. As a player, Beamer was a walk-on wide receiver at Virginia Tech and was later moved to long snapper for the 1999 season, when the Hokies’ played for the national championship.

Following Beamer's playing career, he became a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech and then at the University of Tennessee. In 2004, Beamer was hired by Mississippi State to coach corners. Three of his players earned All-SEC Freshmen honors. In 2006, he assumed the role of recruiting coordinator and brought in a class that included former San Francisco 49ers running back Anthony Dixon. In 2007, Shane was hired by the University of South Carolina to coach outside linebackers and to serve as the special teams coordinator. In 2008, the Gamecock defense finished 2nd in pass defense and 13th in total defense nationally. His 2009 special teams unit blocked five kicks, tying for the SEC lead and ranking eighth in the nation, while the Gamecock defensive unit finished third in the SEC in total defense and fifteenth in the nation. Beamer also spent time as recruiting coordinator for the Gamecocks. The 2009 class included future NFL draft picks Stephon Gillmore and Alshon Jeffery. Both the 2010 and 2011 recruiting classes ranked in the top 25 and included former South Carolina stars Marcus Lattimore and Connor Shaw. Beamer joined his father at Virginia Tech in 2011 as the running backs coach. In his first year, he coached the school's single season rushing record holder, All-American and ACC Player of the Year, David Wilson. Wilson was subsequently drafted in the first round by the New York Giants. In 2016, Beamer was hired by the University of Georgia to be the tight ends coach/ special teams coordinator. He coached future NFL talents while at UGA, including placekicker Rodrigo Blankenship and tight end Charlie Woerner. In 2018, the University of Oklahoma hired Beamer to be Assistant Head Coach and he was a part of the staff that coached the nation-leading scoring offense in 2018. In 2020, he was named head coach at the University of South Carolina.